Aesthetic-driven fiction set in elite academic institutions with dark secrets, obsessive scholarship, and moral ambiguity.
The Secret History by Donna Tartt is the canonical comp. know it well.
Classic literature references woven through the text are expected and appreciated.
Morally grey protagonists making questionable choices for intellectual passion are the genre standard.
Gothic architecture and autumnal settings are the aesthetic pillars.
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